“And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in
prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” Matt. 21:22
“I thought I hit save, but when I went to send
my paper, it wasn’t there,” Simone said with tears in her eyes. “This
assignment is due in ten minutes and I’ve lost half my work. What am I suppose
to do. The professor said any assignment she receives after midnight, will
automatically be deducted a full letter grade.” As she stands in the school
lobby, crying on the phone to her cousin, Andrea; seeking some comfort and
advice, but not believing that there is any help available for her.
“Listen,”
her cousin says, “why don’t you send your professor what you already have. Tell
her the computer lost the other half. At least she will have proof, that you so
had something already done.”
“Ok,
I’ll do that,” says Simone.
So
Simone sends in her half assignment and gets on the train for the long ride
home. The entire trip, she’s wondering how she will pull this off, considering
the professor gave strict instructions that assignments will not be accepted as
late after midnight.
A
35-minute train ride, felt like 35 hours. Simone dreaded reaching home and
trying to remember all that she had written before.
During
the ride home, Simone received a text message from Sherene, “hey, what’s up?”
Simone responded to Sherene’s text, telling her about her recent disaster and
how she was on her way home to re-write the assignment. Concerned, Sherene
asked Simone if she had eaten dinner. “No,” Simone said. “Nothing since about
5.”
Sherene
responded, “That’s not good, I’ll meet you at your house.”
By
the time Simone reached home, she was exhausted; after spending an entire day
at work then in school. It was now 1am and no sleep was in sight. Frustrated
and hungry, Simone changed her clothes and settled on the couch with her
laptop. Before starting her assignment, she whispered a prayer. Asking God to
help her through this stressful time and to bring back to her memory what she
had written before, also asking that He help the professor be lenient in her
grading. Simone then got to work,
knowing she had a long night in front of her.
Not too long after she started typing, her
phone rang. It was Sherene telling her to open the door. When Simone opened the
door, Sherene stood there with a bag of McDonalds.” I know it’s not the best,
but it was the only place open.” Simone smiled, “Thanks, I appreciate it.”
The
two proceeded upstairs to Simone’s apartment. They ate and Simone started
working. Sherene stayed and kept her company, even though she fell asleep.
Simone worked until 4am. She did a spell check, read it over, said a prayer and
submitted the assignment. All she could do now was wait until the next class
for the results. During that wait period, she got a response from her professor
saying that she received Simone’s assignment; however she made no
acknowledgement of getting the incomplete one that was first sent.
Next class finally came and Simone was
nervous. She didn’t know what to expect. She already felt that the paper wasn’t
her best work and the full letter deduction for it being late, didn’t make her
feel any better.
Towards
the end of class, the professor returned the assignments. Simone got hers, but
was too nervous to look at the grade. Finally, she turned it over. On the top
of the paper was an A. Simone was so happy. She whispered a prayer, thanking
God for his help and promising to try and finish future assignments earlier.
No
mention was ever made of the incomplete assignment. To this day, Simone doesn’t
know if the professor even got it. She believes God intercepted that email, and
then changed the sent time to before midnight, on the completed assignment that
was submitted.
Simone
went on to pass that class with a B. She may never know the real story behind
the assignment, but she gives her testimony of how God intervened and helped
her get an A.
Happy Sabbath. Bon Sabbat. Feliz Sabado. Shabbat Shalom
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